The 2022 J.League Cup final was an association football match between Cerezo Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima on 22 October 2022 at Japan National Stadium. It was the 30th edition J.League Cup, organised by the J.League. Cerezo Osaka were making their third J.League Cup final appearance after winning the competition in 2017 and finishing runners-up in 2021. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had previously appeared in two J.League cup finals but were beaten on both occasions in 2010 and 2014.
Prior to the game, a moment of silence was held to honor the death of former Sanfrecce Hiroshima player Masato Kudo, who had died a day before from complications of brain surgery.
Yudai Yamamoto was the referee for the match, which was played in front of 39,608 spectators. After a goalless first half, Cerezo Osaka scored after half time thanks to Mutsuki Kato and held their lead, until a red card was given to Matej Jonjić after striking Sanfrecce player Nassim Ben Khalifa, which put in Pieros Sotiriou. Sotiriou then scored on a spot kick with three minutes left in stoppage time, then scored again with barely any time left in stoppage in the 101st minute on a corner kick by Makoto Mitsuta, stealing the win from Cerezo Osaka.
As winners, Sanfrecce Hiroshima earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana in the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.
Teams Team League Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) Cerezo Osaka J1 League 2 (2017, 2021) Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League 2 (2010, 2014)
Route to the final The tournament consisted of all 18 J1 League teams as well as the top two relegated teams from the 2021 league, beginning with a home-and-away round-robin group stage consisting of four groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group would then advance to a two-legged play-off stage. The winners of the play-offs would then be entered into a final knockout stage, alongside four teams that received byes due to their commitments in the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage.
Cerezo OsakaRoundSanfrecce HiroshimaOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Gamba Osaka2–3 (A)Matchday 1 Tokushima Vortis0–3 (A)Kashima Antlers0–1 (A)Matchday 2Nagoya Grampus2–0 (H)Oita Trinita6–1 (H)Matchday 3Shimizu S-Pulse1–2 (H)Kashima Antlers1–3 (H)Matchday 4Nagoya Grampus1–2 (A)Gamba Osaka0–0 (H)Matchday 5Tokushima Vortis4–0 (H)Oita Trinita3–3 (A)Matchday 6Shimizu S-Pulse2–1 (A)Group A runners-upFinal standingsGroup B winnersOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legShonan Bellmare5–11–0 (H)1–4 (A)Play-off stageConsadole Sapporo4–10–3 (A)1–1 (H)Kawasaki Frontale3–3 (a)1–1 (H)2–2 (A)Quarter-finalsYokohama F. Marinos5–23–1 (H)1–2 (A)Urawa Reds5–1 1–1 (H)0–4 (A)Semi-finalsAvispa Fukuoka3–22–3 (A)0–0 (H)
Match Details
GK 21 Kim Jin-hyeonDF 2 Riku MatsudaDF 22 Matej Jonjić DF 24 Koji ToriumiDF 6 Ryosuke YamanakaMF 16 Seiya MaikumaMF 25 Hiroaki Okuno (c)MF 17 Tokuma SuzukiMF 19 Hirotaka Tameda FW 20 Mutsuki Kato FW 7 Satoki Uejo Substitutes:GK 31 Keisuke ShimizuDF 29 Kakeru FunakiDF 33 Ryuya Nishio MF 10 Hiroshi Kiyotake MF 41 Hikaru NakaharaFW 26 Jean PatricFW 38 Sota Kitano Manager: Akio Kogiku GK 38 Keisuke Osako (c)DF 3 Tsukasa Shiotani DF 4 Hayato ArakiDF 19 Sho SasakiMF 2 Yuki Nogami MF 7 Gakuto Notsuda MF 19 Taishi Matsumoto MF 27 Takumu KawamuraMF 39 Makoto MitsutaMF 10 Tsukasa MorishimaFW 13 Nassim Ben Khalifa Substitutes:GK 22 Goro KawanamiDF 21 Jelani Reshaun SumiyoshiMF 6 Toshihiro AoyamaMF 18 Yoshifumi Kashiwa MF 25 Yusuke Chajima MF 30 Kosei Shibasaki FW 20 Pieros Sotiriou Manager: Michael Skibbe Assistant referees: Hiroshi Yamauchi Toshiyuki Tanaka Fourth official: Ryo TanimotoMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Statistics StatisticCerezo OsakaSanfrecce HiroshimaGoals scored 1 2Total shots 9 16Corner kicks 5 5Freekicks 12 11Yellow cards 1 3Red cards 1 0
References
External links 2022JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ